Microsoft accused of tracking mobile users without permission

Silicon Republic posted a story that Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system is the latest mobile platform to be accused of collecting location data of mobile users without permission.

According to a lawsuit filed today in Seattle, it is alleged the operating system tracks user without their permission. The lawsuit alleges that the camera application on all Windows Phone 7 handsets tracks and transmits data to Microsoft – even if the handset owner opted out of sharing.

The lawsuit – filed on behalf of a Windows Phone 7 user – describes as false a statement that Microsoft made to the US Congress that it would only collect location data with the owner’s permission.